Monument details

HER Number:

1972

Type of record:

Archaeology

Name:

Heronbridge Roman Site

Summary

Roman settlement on either side of Watling Street at Heronbridge, near Chester. The first excavations were carried out between 1929 and 1960. There is evidence of industrial activity in the late 1st and early 2nd century. The settlement was probably a civil settlement where supplies arriving by the River could be docked before transport by road. Recent further excavation has been carried out by the Chester Archaeological Society, identifying a small inlet off the river, the rock edges of which had been modified to create a dock. Three rock cut graves and fragments of a monumental tomb have also been found.